The Latest Breaking News from NIH

Former Demons and Kangaroos star Shaun Smith received a payout over repeated concussions during his career, so he was naturally invested in the AFL's research into concussion. Finding out some of it was plagiarised leaves him feeling like "it was a complete waste of time".

In a move that will have ramifications for collision sports, the US National Institutes of Health has formally acknowledged a causal link between repeated blows to the head and CTE

The U.S. government will soon spend $25 million to help patients access experimental drugs for the incurable illness known as Lou Gehrig's disease

Beijing’s ban on macaque exports—needed to test vaccines and other lifesaving drugs—could give its pharma industry an edge.

This year, the Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine will be awarded on Oct. 3. Canada will be in the spotlight again, thanks to Canadian scientists’ involvement with mRNA vaccine development.

A new multibillion-dollar federal agency was created with a goal of supporting “the next generation of moonshots for health” in science, logistics, diversity and equality. And the agency now has it’s first leader, as President Joe Biden announced Renee Wegrzyn as director of the Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health,…

COVID-19 has polarized conversations about lab safety. Pushes for more oversight are increasingly from Republicans

Social media users shared a range of false claims this week

The chief medical advisor became a household name during the COVID years, while being vilified by many on the right